Battle of Kalnyk
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The Battle of Kalnyk took place on 21 October 1671, during the Polish-Cossack-Tatar war of 1666-1671. The Polish crown hetman Jan Sobieski defeated the Cossack-Tatar army, which was coming to the aid of Kalnik, besieged by the Poles. Despite the victory, Sobieski failed to take Kalnik and retreated to Bratslav.
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Battle of Kalnyk | |||||||
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Part of Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
Cossack Hetmanate Crimean Khanate | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John III Sobieski | Jarema Petranowski | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,200 cavalry |
Infantry: 2,000 Cossacks: 1,000 Total: 3,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unkhnown | 500 |
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